Amy Ruck Kagan, formerly head of the New Jersey Department of Education Charter School Office,is vice president of Authorizer Engagement & Advancement at the National
In early February 2022, Gov. Murphy’s Department of Education abruptly denied the long-planned expansion of two high-performing public charter schools in Trenton, NJ. In this
Gov. Phil Murphy doesn’t understand why urban charter school parents are furious with him. Multiple outlets, from The Star-Ledger to the Washington Post (yours truly
Gov. Phil Murphy loves to preach about his quest for a “stronger and fairer New Jersey” but, if recent events are any indication, he’s talking
In response to the recent expansion denials of top performing public charter schools, including one of the best charter schools in the nation, parents, students
When Paul Robeson Charter School in Trenton received word that the Murphy Administration was rejecting its proposal to expand to serve students in grades K-2,
NJ Spotlight News has a fine video up today that sheds some light on the Murphy Administration’s rejections of expansion requests from numerous high-performing public
Here we go again. Bruce Baker and Mark Weber (aka Jersey Jazzman) have another report up at New Jersey Policy Perspective and it’s a doozy.
Here we go again. As the list of shuttered New Jersey school districts grows, Governor Phil Murphy remains on mute, forcing district leaders to make
This week, a group of parents from Trenton, Paterson, Newark, and Camden joined the New Jersey Public Charter Schools Association in asking the Supreme Court